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VOLUME CXI.—NO. 175.
FEDERAL ARMY
STORMS REBEL
FORTIFICATIONS
Main Columns of Insurrectos
Shelled by Mexicans Under
General Rabago
Besiegers Detrain Within Mile
and Half of Rellano Late
in Day
Orozco Takes Charge of De=
fenders and Battle Rages
Until Nightfall
AT THE REBEL. FRONT. REL
LAKO. Mex.. May 22 Op. ml —
The main columns of the rebels
fortified here were attackrd late
today by the federals, under General
The fishtin.? is still in pro
gress.
In 13 troop train? the federals moved
tip to within one mile and a half of Rel
lano and began a terrific shelling. The
first few shells exploded within a few
feet of the rebel troops, but killed only
a few horses.
One woman was killed in the town.
Orozco Commands Rebels
General Orozro came down from Ji
menez to take personal charge of the
fight just before the federals attacked.
General Salazar was in command of
the first rebel line. The federal com
mands of Generals Trucy Aubert. Ra
bago and Tellez and Colonels Villa and
I'rbina are engaged.
The federal force is estimated at C.500
and the rebels at 4.nno. the advantage
in fortified positions being in favor of
the insurrectos.
Federals Shell Rebels
While the federal artillery poured
shf-ll after shell into the rebel positions,
rebel cavalry moved to one side in a
flank movement, at the same time run
ring a heavy fire into the federal
cohunß*.
Casualties op to *! o'clock tonight
were remarkably few. There is every
1 -ospect that the battle, -which has so
long been awaited, will not be decided
tonight but on the morrow.
There was no change in positions at
nightfall. The infantry fire after dark
«-as desultory, but that of the federal
artillery was almost continuous.
At the end of five hours of fighting i
General 'Huerte's command was in re
treat, leaving dead and wounded on
Ih-» field.
General Orozco does not believe the
fighting is over, however, and evpects a
vigorous continuation of the battle at
daybreak.
The thundering artillery and infantry
fire ceased shortly after nightfall, after
perhaps the most spectacular battle
fought on Mexican soil since the French
invasion of the last century,
(juadaloupe Abandoned
EL PASO, Tex.. May 22.—80 th the
Mexican federals and rebeie have de
cided that Guadalupe. an adobe hamlet,
65 miles past of here, is no place for a
Tattle and tonight not a soldier of either
side is in the town. Lying in a- flat
country, with all approaches visible for
miles, the town "was abandoned by both
OS, who are believed to have taken
I i the mountains south of the town.
The rebels evacuated early today
after the federals had taken Guadalupe
last Sunday, departing Monday. About
Jβ rcouts of the rebel evacuating force
came along the American boundary line
from Guadalupe toward Juarez early
today. Off toward the southwest the
main column of rebels, estimated at 150,
moved into the mountains.
It i* not believed that the rebels will
advance upon the government troops.
but will attempt to check them from
coming into Juarez from the east to
fnrra a. junction with the federal troops
reported to be coming from Palomas,
Mexico and western points.
Darkness Halts Federals
FEDERAL. HEADQUARTERS. REL
'.A NO, Mexico. May 22. 11 p. m.—
• 'ouriers from the front say that the,
artillery fire of the federals dis
lodged the enemy from Its position, but
•larkness of night prevented the
fpderals from following up their ad
vantage with cavalry and infantry.
For hours today the battle raged be
twees the main forces of General >Jroz
■■ ■ and General Huerta. The latter
left his camp at 9 o'clock this morning
tonight with the vanguard of the
federal troops in the field in front of
KHlano.
The federals attacked first, following:
Mith incessant cannonading.
Atrocities by Zapatistas
MEXICO CITY, May 22.—Federal sol
diers who participated in the fight at
Tree Marias near Cuernavaea two days
ago, brought news today of atrocities
. onimitted by Zapatistas on several
prisoners. They were bound and thrown
into burning buildings. A woman camp j
follower, with a child in her arms, was
Fdid to have suffered a similar fate.
About 100 men of the .Second regi
ment mutinied at Tlalmnalco, 35 miles
southeast of Mexico City, according to
reports. Of these, it is said, only a
tve been captured and they have
been executed.
Pen.iamo Guanajuato, where one of
B generation plants of the Guana
.. dto Power and Electric company was
situated, was captured by rebels. .'^
Grasshoppers on
Tracks Blockade
Trains at Barstow
SAX BERNARDIN'O. May
22.—An invasion of millions of
grasshoppers on the desert in
the vicinity of Barstow is caus
ing delay to trains and threatens
serious damage to ranches along
the Mojave river. The insects
cover the railroad tracks be
tween Barstow and Todd in
such numbers that the rails have
become so slippery by the crush
ing of the hoppers that the
wheels of locomotives will barely
hold.
Ministers and Grave
Diggers Strike for
No Sunday Funerals
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
CHICO. May 22.—A strike has been
called by the ministers, grave diggers
and undertakers of Chico. They have
gone on record as opposing , Sunday
-funerals and have taken their case to
Mayor Robbie, asking him to see that
there are no more funerals on the Sab
bath in Chico. The ministerial associa
tion has taken the matter up officially
and enlisted the aid of the unorganized
embalmers and cemetery laborers. Thsy
say that these three kindred workers
are as much entitled to a day of rest
as the members of labor unions, and
they also stand on the argument that
the cemeteries are bothered enough
during six days of the week.
1,149 PIECES OF JUJNK
CONCEALED IN STOMACH
Woman Patient at Napa Hospital
May Survive
SA<raMF;.VTO. May 22.—The most
remarkable case of a woman who made
her stomach a junk shop, was operated
upon and had 1.149 articles removed,
and now shows every promise of sur
viving, is reported by the steward of
the Napa state hospital to the state
board of control.
The woman is Miss Lelitia Miller of
San Rafael, and the operation was per
formed by Df. A. C. Matthews of the
hospital etafi.
These articles were taken from her
stomach:
One hundred and eighty wire hairpin*,
do open safety pine, 21 broken p*ne, 5
prune pits, 23 buttons, 3 collar button*,
13 nails, 3 screw eyes, 40 tacks, 1 staple
an inch long, 5 parts of teaspoons, 425
broken pieces of hairpins, 1 piece of
string, one piece of thread, 104 uniden
tified odds and ends, mostly metal, 9
parts of combs and 280 small pins.
BUTLER AND WIFE TO
BE EMPLOYER'S GUESTS
Misses Parrott Will Take Them
to Europe
[Special Diipatch to The Call]
SAN MATEO. May 22.—1n the capac
ity of guests and not as servants,
Emile Berstch, butler for the Parrott
family for 20 years, and his wife, for
merly a servant for the Parrotts, will
leave here Friday with the Misses
Emily and Josephine Parrott for Eu
rope. The couple have not visited their
old home in France for a great many
years, and will be taken to Paris by the
two Parrott girls, who have been here
for a short time visiting with their
grandmother, Mrs. A. M. Parrott, at
"Baywood," her San Mateo estate. The
party will go to the Fairmont in San
Francisco Friday night and on Satur
day will start for Europe, where the
Parrott family has been living for the
last few years.
FREIGHT HANDLERS NEAR
CHICAGO ARE CALLED OUT
President of Brotherhood Acts
Against Railroads
CHICAGO, May 22. —Freight hand
lers in sections of the country south
and northwest of Chicago today were
ordered out on strike by B. J. Flannery,
president of the .International Brother
hood of Freight Handlers. The men
•on lake steamship lines may be caJled
out tomorrow. No word was received
to indicate whether the order will be
obeyed.
Flannery said that his action was
based on the refusal of general man
agers of roaHe to make a settlement
with the striking freight handlers.
This call, he further said, was in
tended to affect men in houses where
freight is handled in large quantities
by roads entering Chicago.
AMUNDSEN WOULD NOW
POINT PROW NORTHWARD
Says He Will Seek North Pole,
Starting From San Francisco
MONTEVIDEO, May 22.—Captain
Roald Amundsen, the discoverer of the
south pole, who arrived here yesterday,
announced his intention today to start
from San Francisco' in March or April,
1913, on an expedition to the north pole.
RUSSIA APPROPRIATES
MONEY FOR NEW SHIPS
$251,000,000 Allowed for Purpose
by Defense Committee
ST. PETERSBURG, May 22.—The de
fense committee of the duma has adopt
ed unanimously the government pro
posal to grant 502,000,000 roubles
($251,000,000) for the naval shipbuild
ing program.
THE San Francisco CALL
CLUBMAN FACES SUIT
Accused of Theft of a Wife
John Martin, millionaire clubman, who is sue J for $100,000 on a charge
of alienating the affections of wife of Edwin V. Smith, a Wealthy merchant.
Edwin V. Smith Brings $100,000 Action
Against John Martin; Charge Sensational
,—
John Martin, millionaire clubman and society leader cf San Francisco
and Ross Valley, was made the defendant yesterday in a sensational damage
suit for $100,000, brought by Edwin V. Smith, likewise a wealthy and promi
nent business man, who charges that Martin stole his wife.
The Smiths - are now divorced, but the "theft," according to the papers
OPERATIC STAR
STEALS A MARCH
Miss Edna Darch Secretly Be
comes Bride of San Diegan
After Securing a Promise
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN DIEGO, May 22.—Miss Edna
Darch is the bride of Lelghton McMur
trie, a wealthy property owner of San
Diego. The event took place in T/os An
geles last week, but not until today
did the news become public.
McMurtrie and his bride are at their
new home here, but It will be for only
a few weeks at the most, for the young
woman is already making arrangements
to leave her husband to fill a contract
with the Chicago Grand Opera company.
It is understood that It was only after
McMurtrle had agreed to this arrange
ment that Miss Darch consented to the
ceremony at this time. The engagement
of the couple was announced several
weeks ago, but no date was set. Miss
Darch that was is a well known grand
opera star and a protege of Mm?, Calve.
She has sung before the German Kaiser
and other crowned heads of Europe.
MURDER CASE IS
DROPPED IN EAST
CHICAGO, May 22.—Work on the Los
Angeles murder caee by the Chicago
police stopped tonight. They were con- i
vinced that the victim was Miss Minnie
Quinn, and that her slayer was C. C.
Dillon, who was killed by a train Sat
urday. A eompleto report of the Chi
cago investigation will be forwarded
to the Los Angeles police department
tomorrow. "The Chicago police are
through with their investigation," said
acting Chief Gleason. "We have es
tablished that Minnie Quinn was the
victim and that C. C. Dillon killed her.
The fact that the woman was about to
become a mother was the motive."
COUNTY TO CREMATE
BODIES OF PAUPERS
Potters Held to Be Abolished in
Washington State
SEATTLE, May 22.—The King county
commissioners today took steps for the
construction of a county crematory on
the county farm, in which crematory
the bodies of 2,000 paupers now buried
on the farm will be burned. Hereafter
there will be no Pottere field, but the
unclaimed bodies of paupers will be
burned. The site of the present county
crematory will be leased to factories
SAN FRANCISCO, THUIpDAY, MAY 23, 1912.
Oontlnned oa Page 2, 4
IF SINGLE $2,900;
IF WIFE NOTHING
It Makes That Much Difference
Whether Housekeeping Be for
Love or for a Consideration
[Special Dispatch io The Call]
PORTLAND, May 22.—1f Prudence
Paul can bring , forward evidence to
sustain her contention that she is sin
gle she will receive a substantial judg
ment in Circuit Judge McGinn's court
for her services as housekeeper for C.
& Engle during , the last 10 years. If
it is established that she is married to
the defendant she will lose.
She brought action demanding $30 a
month from May 25, 1902. to June 10,
1910. Judge McGinn heard the case
today.
"We werp married in San Francisco
in 1901, your honor," testified Kngle,
"and we have been living together
since. -.
"Tt isn't no. Judge," paid the woman
in her turn. "I was just his house
keeper all that time."
"Where is your marriage license?** in
quired the judge of Engle.
"Tt has been lost for years. -,
"Why haven't you a certified copy?"
"The records were all destroyed In
San Francisco by the big fire."
MOORS READY TO
ATTACK MEKINEZ
[Special Cable to The Call]
GIBRALTAR, May 22.—Hamed Zian
ni, an influential Moorish chief, has
assembled a force of 15,000 mounted
and armed men for the purpose of at
tacking Mekinez. French troops have
left Fez for the relief of the threateneil
city, as the reinforcements from Rabat
have not reached Mekinez. At Fez
serious events may happen at any mo
ment. There is great discontent among
the peaceable Moorish merchants there,
General Moinlers having demanded |2,
--000,000 Indemnity for the recent dis
orders. They object to paying for some
thing for which they say they were in
no way responsible.
J. J. ASTOR'S WILL IS
ADMITTED TO PROBATE
Special Guardians Receive $25
Each for Their Services
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 22.—The will of
John Jacob Astor was admitted to pro
bate this afternoon by Surrogate Fow
ler. The affidavit of the special guar
dians saying , that they have examined
the will and stating that they find the
rights of their clients fully protected
is attached. They are discharged and
receive fees of $25 each.
SAN DIEGO WILL
MEET WEBB WITH
DEMONSTRATION
Citizens of Hobo Ridden City
Eager to Discuss Remedies
With Attorney General
No Letup in Vigilance Work —
Now Done by Daylight;
Frowns for Compromise
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
SAN DIEGO, May 22. —Attorney
General U. S. Webb will be given
a big , reception by the people of
San Diego upon his arrival here.
He is expected tomorrow and the city
is being decorated with American flags
and red. white and blue bunting. People
are wearing miniaure American flags
in outward evidence of their patriotism
and lack of sympathy for the I. W. W.
and their sympathizers, who have been
defying the law and denouncing the
government.
The corning of Attorney General
Webb, it is believed, will result in a
quieting , of conditions and cause re
newed efforts in the prosecution of
those now awaiting trial on charges
growing out of defiance of the street
speaking ordinance. So far as can be
learned there are only a few members
of tho T. W. W. now in the city. A
dozen or more have been released from
jail during the last few days, their
release being recommended by Police
Surgeon A. Claude Magee. The prison
ers have been released on their own
recognizance. Most of them have taken
advantage of the opportunity and qui
etly left the city.
The work of organizing the daylight
citizen*' committee of five thousand is
now in progress. These citizens will
co-operate with the police 1n maintain
ing order, but will do their work in
daylight. This does not mean that the
committee which has been handling the
situation will disband, for the night
vigilance committee which has been
maintained in the last several weeks
will continue. The only difference will
be that undesirable characters will be
Continued on Pare 2. Col. 3
KAISER FLAYED
IN REICHSTAG
"England in Parallel Case Would
Have Smashed Throne or
Confined Monarch"
BETRLIN, May 22.—The final session
of the reichstag today, prior to ad
journment to November 29, was stormy.
The social democratic leader, George
Liedbour, referring to the emperor's
recent threat at a banquet at Straes
burg , that he would Incorporate Alsace-
Lorraine Into Prussia, declared:
"A people like the English would in
a parallel case either have smashed the
throne to fragments or confined a
monarch making such remarks in some
quiet castle In the same way as had
been done to the mad king of Bavaria
and the former Sultan Abdul Hamid."
Dr. yon Bethmann-HoUweg, the im
perial chancellor, rose excitedly from
his seat and answered, declaring the
nation, which was devoted to the em
peror, would know how properly to re
sent such attacks.
The social democrats, Albert Suede
kum and Philipp Scheldemann, and
the conservative, George Schultz, in
creased the uproar by hurling charges
at each other.
AMERICAN GIRL
TOAST OF LONDON
[Special Cable to The Call]
LONDON, May 22.—Felice Lyne, the
brilliant young American prtmai. donna,
created a sensation here tonight by her
exquisite playing of Rosina in "L. L.
Barbiere." In the lesson scene she was
most superb, giving the shadow song as
London has not heard it since the time
of Madame Malibran. The young artiste
wears her honors easily, and is admired
as much for her quiet dignMy as for her
most remarkable lyric and histrionic
gifts.
WILL OF JOHN J. MOORE
ADMITTED TO PROBATE
Widow Drops Contest on Re
ceiving $35,000
REDWOOD CITY, May 22.—The will
of John J. Moore, the San Francisco
merchant killed in a pistol duel with S.
R. Timothy January 27, was admitted
to probate by Judge George H. Buck to
day. Letters of administration were Is
sued to Jefferson M. Moore, who was
named in his father's will as sole bene
ficiary and executor. Prior to the ad
mission of the will to probate the agree
ment, between Jefferson M. Moore and
Mrs. Lillian L. Moore, whereby the lat
ter will receive $33,000 from the estate,
was filed with the county clerk.
WASHINGTON IS
CITY OF RUMORS
Seventeen Ohio
Votes for Taft
By PRESIDENTTAFT
Onr opponents
quote from a
statement of
mine made in
Clereland that
the fight f n Ohio,
my home state,
much to my grat
ification, would
be the declsire
one, and wonld
settle the qnes*
tion of my nomi
nation. This is
true. I shall
ha ye at least 17 votes from Ohio,
including the delegates at large, for;
we have eTcry assurance that we;
shall control the state convention.!
This will constitute a clear ma
jority in the national contention.
Indeed, in addition to the votes!
from Ohio, delegates elected for me
from other states of which I have
been advised since my Cleveland
statement, give me, at the most
conservative estimates, 570 out of
the 1,078 rotes in the national con-;
vestion—Bo more than necessary.;
I am going to New Jersey to
take part in the coming campaign
there, for the same reason that I
went to Ohio, and such delegates
as we may receive from >'ew Jer
sey will Ihus make assurance
dpnbly sure.
CUBA MOVES TO
HEM IN REBELS
Farther Reinforcements Entrain
for Oriente, Where Negro
Insurrectos Make Stand
HAVANA, May ZS. —To assist In the
movement to surround the negro insur
gents, further reinforcements, consist
ing of two companies of infantry and
two batteries of artillery, entrained
here today for the province of Oriente.
The first troop train arrived at San
Luis junction this afternoon. The force
will proceeds to Guantanamo and the
others which have been dispatched will
go to Santiago.
No destruction of property is reported
In any part of the island beyond the
burning- of one bridge.
U. S. May Send Warship
WASHINGTON, May 22.—The serious
negro revolution in Cuba has caused the
state department to consider sending a
warship to the eastern end of the island
In addition to the small naval force now
there, embodied in the little gunboat
Paducah and the survey boat Eagle.
WOMEN MUST LIFT SKIRTS?
NO, SIR-EE, NOT IN BOSTON
Mirandy R. Martin, Spinster,
Wins Case Against Railway
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
BOSTON. May 22.—Women are not I
bound to hold their skirts up or wear
short skirts or patent skirt raisers in
Boston.
The supreme court of Massachusetts
anfl Judge John Marshall say so. So
Mirandy R. Martin, spinster, can col
lect judgment from the Okl Colony
street railway company.
Mies Martin paid her nickel and
patronized one of the company's vesti
bule cars. She was told to get oyt by
the front, face front, and she did so.
Her skirt caught in a sand plunger.
The car went on and so unwillingly did
Mies Mirandy.
The company's counsel argued that
the lady should have lifted her skirt
and avoided the pin. "So." said the
co\*rt, "no woman is compelled to lift
her skirt if she doesn't feel like doing
so." ;
JUDGE IS A DEAR! GIVES
GIRL $10,000 PIN MONEY
$6,000 Is Mere Existence for
Schoolgirl Heiress
[Specie/ Dispatch to The Call]
NEW YORK, May 22.—How much
should a girl gret to keep her in school
books, frocks, fudge and "frat" fund?
One judge says $10,000 Is not a cent
too much.
Eugrenia Kelly, heiress of the mil
lionaire banker, Edward Kelly, is the
fortunate young school girl whom Jus
tice Blanchard thinks needs this
amount of pin money. Miss Kelly has
$34,000 per annum piling up on her
account until she comes of age and
gets principal and interest with
to bless some lucky young wooer.
Her mother asked the judge to raise
her allowance from $6,000 to $10,000,
as the former sum was not anything
like what the school girl needed. The
judge agreed.
"I need some more mvjelf, too," the
judge added sotto voice, ."but I can't
,«etn.*
THE WEATHER
YESTERDAY — Highest temperature, 58;
» lowest Tuesday) night, 50.
Forecast f for tod ay — cloudy;
with light utorvers in morning; moderate
soutjkwoHijglnd.
, Ft>r jtfjffils of the Weather S?e Pasre 13
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THIRD PARTY
TALK IS
STRONG
Political Atmosphere Full of
Reports of Candidates Re
gardless of Convention
ROOSEVELT MEN SAY TAFT,
IF DEFEATED, WILL BOLT
La Follette Believed to Intend to
Run Whether President or
Colonel Is Nominated
IRA E. BENNETT
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
WASHINGTON. May 22.—Ccm
vinced that he -will have 600
delegates in the national re
publican convention at Chi
cago, President Taft's supporters as
sert tonight that his nomination, de
spite the result in Ohio is absolutely
assured.
Equally confident, however, are the
supporters of Colonel Roosevelt, who.
while admitting that it .will be a
neck and neck finish, predict that at
the last moment a number of Taft
delegates in New York and in the
south will flop to the colonel and give
him the necessary majority.
Third Party Rumor Strong
The political atmosphere Iα Wash
ington as the contest draws to a close
is filled with rumors of independent
candidates who will head separate
parties regardless of the action of the
regular republican convention. Roose
velt men are busy circulating the
report that leading Taft supporters
are preparing to hold a separate con
vention should the regular convention,
June 18, nominate the colonel.
A rumor that there would be a
third party, headed by a republican
candidate who wilj run on a plat
form embodying the real principles of
the republican party, circulated every
where on Capitol hill in the course of
the day.
May Walk From Convention ,
One version of it was , that all the
stanch supporters of President Taft,
including all those who take exceptiftn
to the recall of judicial decisions and
other policies advocated by Roosevelt,
and those who are opposed to thirl
terms for presidents, would walk
from the convention in a body If Roose
velt were nominated.
Another version was that the Taf\
supporters would remain, but that Im
mediately afterward there would be an
other convention, wherein a regular
republican would be nominated and a
regular republican platform drafted.
La Follette Sure to Run
All the senators who were asked
about the rumor admitted that they had
heard of it, but none knew where It
originated. They said it was merely
"the talk~ of the capitol., It was also
said that, regardless of whether Taft
or Roosevelt were nominated, Senator
L,a Follette of Wisconsin would be an
independent "progressive" candidate for
the presidency. It was admitted by
leading republican* that no surprise
would be caused if Taft should be nom
inated by tho. republicans. Roosevelt
bolting and running as a "progressive."
and La Follette bolting and running as
an "ordinary progressive."
There is now little doubt in the
minds of any of the politicians that
there will be a third party in the field.
It may be a conservative party, should
Roosevelt win at Chicago. Tt is as cer
tain as anything in politics ran be.
however, that Roosevelt will be at the
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